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i've been filming my new pbs series called finding your roots which will start airing in late march and i've always admired sanja. he's a good guy. [applause] we traced his family back from his mother's side and his father's side and went along with. i can't give you the tools but was one of the most moving experiences i have had during all of my genealogy and genetics series so i just am sort of psyched about that. some wanted to tell you state-owned late march and you will check out his family history but tonight i want to tell you about my new book called life upon these shores, and its subtitled looking at african-american history 1513 to 2008 and it consists of 789 illustrations and about 237 entries. it's dedicated in memory of my father. my father died last christmas eve, henry louis gates jr. -- i'm sorry, henry louis gates senior. i'm the jr and i'm still here. [laughter] and daddy loved history coming and he and by -- but he also loved sports and i have my older brother and it's just the two of us and he and my brother were sports junkies and i wasn't. i loved books and it too
i've been filming my new pbs series called finding your roots which will start airing in late march and i've always admired sanja. he's a good guy. [applause] we traced his family back from his mother's side and his father's side and went along with. i can't give you the tools but was one of the most moving experiences i have had during all of my genealogy and genetics series so i just am sort of psyched about that. some wanted to tell you state-owned late march and you will check out his...
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some of you know i did a pbs series that recently aired called black and latin america. and i shot one program on black people in mexico and peru. the black culture in mexico and south of acapulco on the pacific coast. and there was a slave named younger, who ran away from his master in veracruz and about 1570 and other slaves ran away and joined his community county community of marines. the spanish brought them between 1570 and 699 and finally the spanish gave out and sign a treaty with them and gave him the right to create an independent, all-black settlement, which is still there. the town is called young to an extent independents independent since 1609. we did not learn this in our history books. a black city in mexico run by black people? no way. who discovered manhattan? there was a black man named juan rodriguez who was the first non-native american to be a permanent resident to survive in what is now manhattan. we call him jay rod. [laughter] he was deposited on manhattan by dutch country named missile in my 1612, early 1613. it's a series of clashes between mos
some of you know i did a pbs series that recently aired called black and latin america. and i shot one program on black people in mexico and peru. the black culture in mexico and south of acapulco on the pacific coast. and there was a slave named younger, who ran away from his master in veracruz and about 1570 and other slaves ran away and joined his community county community of marines. the spanish brought them between 1570 and 699 and finally the spanish gave out and sign a treaty with them...
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are relying on electronic and friendly one of the reasons we recognize electronic documents is that pbs thye pf that you are seeing is what we would create that print from, and some large machine would spew out paper. so, they would be the identical document. and i understand that there will never be sort of that perfect amount of time to review something with it is short or long or anything like that. but my members did both in the period leading up to the 100th of congress. i know there are lots of folks on the outside to keep talking about the 72 hour rule and felt compelled to point out that it has always been the third legislative day as opposed to be true 72 hours. >> in the political promises. >> in terms of what is in writing verses what were in the speeches i will grant you that. but i think if you look and see what we have been doing, we have actually done that if not even a little bit better. a good example is for bills where we are asking for the member offices to submit amendments so the rules committee can sort of call through that and do some tree all and come up with a r
are relying on electronic and friendly one of the reasons we recognize electronic documents is that pbs thye pf that you are seeing is what we would create that print from, and some large machine would spew out paper. so, they would be the identical document. and i understand that there will never be sort of that perfect amount of time to review something with it is short or long or anything like that. but my members did both in the period leading up to the 100th of congress. i know there are...
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she regularly co-anchors the newly-redesigned pbs news hour since her return to pbs in 2007. both journalists have covered, well, just about everything. woodruff knows politics inside and out. for 12 years woodruff anchored cnn's weekly political program, "inside politics." she also played a central role in other major news stories. at pbs for a decade, she was the chief washington correspondent for the mcneal lehrer "newshour". she also anchored "frontline" with judy woodruff. one of woodruff's most influential prompts was her -- projects his generation next: speak up and be heard, which explored the views of the 42 million 16-25-year-olds who entered young adulthood amid the terrorism of september 11th and the violence of virginia tech and the emergence of social media. as the millennials would text, ygg. for everyone else, you go, girl. [laughter] politicians, heads of states, general and ceos have withered under ifill's questions. she has moderated two vice presidential debates own colluding the 2004 debate between republican dick cheney and democrat john edwards. at the
she regularly co-anchors the newly-redesigned pbs news hour since her return to pbs in 2007. both journalists have covered, well, just about everything. woodruff knows politics inside and out. for 12 years woodruff anchored cnn's weekly political program, "inside politics." she also played a central role in other major news stories. at pbs for a decade, she was the chief washington correspondent for the mcneal lehrer "newshour". she also anchored "frontline" with...
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it's a pbs kiddie a station that reaches out on satellite across the country so once they get up and running i could see that being a way of expanding. i also feel absolutely solid in our community. this year's 11, 12% and that is against the argument of the economy. as i said it's sitting bigger all the time. so i believe we are solid. they are the ones the internet is affecting the most by what's happening. >> how much business is done on the web site books? do people come to the website to purchase the ebook? >> absolutely the ebook sandbox both. >> we are selling some online. it's growing naturally. but i think that what she is saying is true is we've had to take stock of we are, what direction we are going and try to find our own special needs that are comfortable for what we do. book publishing. i started a company called buchtel company. we are trying to do what we can like she has a radio program, we try to do what we can but it's all book based about the story, about the narrative and i think that is when you find those of us that have had 35 years our store having its 35th
it's a pbs kiddie a station that reaches out on satellite across the country so once they get up and running i could see that being a way of expanding. i also feel absolutely solid in our community. this year's 11, 12% and that is against the argument of the economy. as i said it's sitting bigger all the time. so i believe we are solid. they are the ones the internet is affecting the most by what's happening. >> how much business is done on the web site books? do people come to the...
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[applause] >> please welcome the moderate of pbs washington week, and senior correspondent for "the pbs newshour," gwen ifill. [applause] >> it's always great to start off, isn't it? i'm pleased to be here with you tonight. i am pleased to be with you to salute the best in our business. you may have noticed, we are at a turning point in broadcast journalism. audiences increasingly get their information from everybody but us, whether it is wikipedia or google or twitter. and all of that is fine, but news still needs a curator. those sources that tell you what you want to know but also what you need to know. and sources that dig deeper than 140 characters will allow. fortunately, there is too much amazing work being done in our business, and i get to begin tonight's ceremony by celebrating the best of the best in investigative journalism, long form news coverage, business and arts and cultural reporting, music, sound and cinematography. let's get right to it. the nominees for outstanding investigative journalism in a newsmagazine are,. >> brian ross investigates, make a wish swindle, 2020
[applause] >> please welcome the moderate of pbs washington week, and senior correspondent for "the pbs newshour," gwen ifill. [applause] >> it's always great to start off, isn't it? i'm pleased to be here with you tonight. i am pleased to be with you to salute the best in our business. you may have noticed, we are at a turning point in broadcast journalism. audiences increasingly get their information from everybody but us, whether it is wikipedia or google or twitter....
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. >> caller: i read your "prize" and saw the pbs documentary based on it, and i thought it was very insightful. it really, i mean, your academic depth and scholarship is remarkable. >> guest: thank you. >> caller: my concern with your current book, "the quest," i wish -- i haven't read it. i will. >> guest: good. >> caller: i was concerned that there's not a -- if it were the vision, the vision. you know, "the quest," i know, is for profit. but is there a vision? is there something to do in these guys' these international oil companies' minds as they're polluting the gulf, they're drilling in the arctic the next big boondoggle, i guess, and maybe greater catastrophe environmentally? do they have any concept of a vision for humanity, for the oceans? oceans? anyhow, you understand what i'm saying. >> host: all right. we got the question. >> guest: obviously, the macondo accident you referred to was a really terrible thing, and really, you know, kind of transfixed the nation for months. but i think, you know, obviously, these are companies that are in business and responsive to their shareholders
. >> caller: i read your "prize" and saw the pbs documentary based on it, and i thought it was very insightful. it really, i mean, your academic depth and scholarship is remarkable. >> guest: thank you. >> caller: my concern with your current book, "the quest," i wish -- i haven't read it. i will. >> guest: good. >> caller: i was concerned that there's not a -- if it were the vision, the vision. you know, "the quest," i know, is for...
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lindsey hilsum is familiar to her audience for her appearances on the pbs news hour, cnn, and nbc. she has covered the major conflicts of the past two decades, including the wars in iraq, kosovo, and afghanistan, as well as the israeli-palestinian conflict and genocide the genocide in rwanda. in 2001, she reported from egypt as well as libya. her journalism has won several prizes, including an emmy and recognition from amnesty international. please join me in welcoming journalists and author, lindsey hilsum. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> okay. now we can chat. lindsay, let's start with you talking about your reporting trips to the region last year. tell us about how you were able to navigate the country, how sources cooperated with the organ, and about the general mood of the people that you observed and interacted with them. i would just like to add, in addition to providing a compelling narrative on the history of libya, which he has done is we've and profiles of libyans, both who had been in the country all along, and some who have returned to libya , to help us better und
lindsey hilsum is familiar to her audience for her appearances on the pbs news hour, cnn, and nbc. she has covered the major conflicts of the past two decades, including the wars in iraq, kosovo, and afghanistan, as well as the israeli-palestinian conflict and genocide the genocide in rwanda. in 2001, she reported from egypt as well as libya. her journalism has won several prizes, including an emmy and recognition from amnesty international. please join me in welcoming journalists and author,...
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i'm doing in a pbs series finding your roots that appears in late march, and i've always admired him. isn't he a good guy? [applause] she's such a warm guy. with one of the most moving experiences that i have had doing all of my genealogy and genetic series so i'm psyched about that and want to tell you state-owned late march and you will check out his family history. but tonight i want to tell you about my new book called "life of on these shores," and subtitled looking at african-american history 1500-2008. and it consists of 789 illustrations and about 237 entries. it's dedicated in memory of my father. my father died last christmas. henry louis gates jr., and sorry, henry louis gates, senior. i am the jr and i am still here. [laughter] daddy loved history. and he and i -- but he also loved sports and had one older brother and it was just the two of us and he and my brother were sports junkies and i wasn't. i loved books and it took a long time for my father and me to bond coming and we started to bond when i was a teenager and we started to bond over current events. we would watch
i'm doing in a pbs series finding your roots that appears in late march, and i've always admired him. isn't he a good guy? [applause] she's such a warm guy. with one of the most moving experiences that i have had doing all of my genealogy and genetic series so i'm psyched about that and want to tell you state-owned late march and you will check out his family history. but tonight i want to tell you about my new book called "life of on these shores," and subtitled looking at...
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loved your pbs documentary on alexander hamilton. do true that madison and jefferson wrote the natural born citizen clause of the constitution in order to prevent hamilton who -- from becoming president? >> guest: no because the constitution says a natural born citizen or a citizen at the time of the adoption of the time of this document. hamilton could have slipped under the wire there. i never saw any evidence that he wanted to be president. never seen it. there's some talk from other people that he might do it but never from him. i think he preferred to be the prime minister rather than the number one guy. >> host: a comment from virginia. mr. brookhiser, don't know if you will receive this. moment ago someone phoned in and mentioned he liked your writing better than david mccullough. mr. mccullough wrote for the masses to the can't get involved in reading about our history and he did this so well. on the other hand you have written equally as well but for me i needed a dictionary beside me literally when i read alexander hamilton
loved your pbs documentary on alexander hamilton. do true that madison and jefferson wrote the natural born citizen clause of the constitution in order to prevent hamilton who -- from becoming president? >> guest: no because the constitution says a natural born citizen or a citizen at the time of the adoption of the time of this document. hamilton could have slipped under the wire there. i never saw any evidence that he wanted to be president. never seen it. there's some talk from other...
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the conversations that i saw during the, during these sessions were about the work of pbs and how we could get work done better. i thought that was professional, and that's what i was referring to. >> okay. when you decided to throw a party in your suite, who ended up paying for the food and alcohol which was about a $2,000 bill for the food? you indicated in your testimony, in your written testimony as well as your oral testimony that you actually paid for the alcohol. is that correct? >> yes, sir. >> had bartenders and staff there for the party? >> no, sir. >> no? >> not to -- not to best of my recollection, but i don't recall. >> okay. why would it be okay -- there were no awards at this party, why would it be okay to bill the taxpayers for $2,000 worth of food at your party? >> it would not. >> so it's not okay to do that. >> no, sir. and as i said, because it was not an awards ceremony, it was not part of an official function, i had a practice when i went to meetings whether they were in regional office buildings or somewhere else of trying to meet federal, the gsa employees and
the conversations that i saw during the, during these sessions were about the work of pbs and how we could get work done better. i thought that was professional, and that's what i was referring to. >> okay. when you decided to throw a party in your suite, who ended up paying for the food and alcohol which was about a $2,000 bill for the food? you indicated in your testimony, in your written testimony as well as your oral testimony that you actually paid for the alcohol. is that correct?...
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. >> do you know if the head of pbs was at the virginia conference? >> i do not. >> could you get back to me with that information please zm. >> >> in your testimony, you said, he looks forward to continuing to work at the committee to refocus to save money for the american taxpayer. what were they doing before? >> the acting administrator has committed to conducting a thorough top to bottom review of this agency, so that every single aspect of the agency is being looked at right now, so that we can ensure it's carrying on its mission in the most cost effective way. >> you say in you're testimony on page 2 that your office reviews each and every planned future conference to make sure these events and any related travel are justified. and then you say, for example, conferences require a business justification, and a submission of a budget. that wasn't going on before? this is pretty basic. >> there was no central oversight of conferences to require that the proposal for what the conference was about, how it was related back to the agency's mission. tha
. >> do you know if the head of pbs was at the virginia conference? >> i do not. >> could you get back to me with that information please zm. >> >> in your testimony, you said, he looks forward to continuing to work at the committee to refocus to save money for the american taxpayer. what were they doing before? >> the acting administrator has committed to conducting a thorough top to bottom review of this agency, so that every single aspect of the agency is...
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secondly, the prohibitionists according to ken burns and the pbs documentary about prohibition, pushed toorpd at the end, just when public was turning against prohibition, the speak easy raids had nothing to do with busting organized crime and al capone, but people trying to have a beer at the end of the day. local cities, they were fine with it, but the federal prohibition threw respective people in paddy wagons. that has to do with what you are reforming. a quick side note for americans who don't know this facility, this health center here, this is not a johnny come lately or a millionaire, people trying to cash in and get rich. these are people who have been in the movement, i'm trying to end the wrong for the american drug war for decades and trying to help parties, and to be under threat as you are is an abomination as a taxpayer and patriot and voter, i'm outraged to hear that you and so many other great providers, cannabis providers are threatened around the nation. let's make sure that is stated for the record. i believe we're in the final throws of it. it's test praition, cont
secondly, the prohibitionists according to ken burns and the pbs documentary about prohibition, pushed toorpd at the end, just when public was turning against prohibition, the speak easy raids had nothing to do with busting organized crime and al capone, but people trying to have a beer at the end of the day. local cities, they were fine with it, but the federal prohibition threw respective people in paddy wagons. that has to do with what you are reforming. a quick side note for americans who...
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there was a special on pbs news hour renal that talked -- recently that talked about heal africa, the hospital, and lynn and joe lucy. they survive on $13 million a year, a huge sum in that part of the world but by global standards or american standards, hardly overwhelming. they get private grants from overseas, they provide anti-retro viral drugs to those suffering from h.i.v. and try to repair the bodies of these women. the pbs news hour special on heal africa showed how the hospital worked with the american bar association -- i want to give a shout out to them for the work they're doing to help rape victims pursue justice against their attackers. it's the only facility offering services to an area population of eight million people. eight million people. i -- i try to imagine one hospital in metropolitan chicago and that is what hale africa is in goma. in a moving newshour interview, len lucy said, "i have no illusions that we're dealing with major issues that are pulling the congo apart. there's so much evil, so much cruelty, so much selfishness, and it's like darkness. but if we
there was a special on pbs news hour renal that talked -- recently that talked about heal africa, the hospital, and lynn and joe lucy. they survive on $13 million a year, a huge sum in that part of the world but by global standards or american standards, hardly overwhelming. they get private grants from overseas, they provide anti-retro viral drugs to those suffering from h.i.v. and try to repair the bodies of these women. the pbs news hour special on heal africa showed how the hospital worked...
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i have a daughter named zora, i dream about zora, i adopted for a show on pbs. i read all of alice walkers book. everything i could richmond met people who have written about zora. and the people who come to my house, one of the places is -- zora is such a part of my life. and what was the -- was i answering the question? >> you did, and you did it thoroughly. thank you. >> and the first -- i wrote a television show, and also i read --s' so many people who wrote about zora, you know, professors and such a connection she had with so many people. thanks to alice's discovery. but so many people in literature know zora and she is seminal. she is like the bible. >> yes, she is. >> bring her to the world has been sonia sanchez. you have taught -- sonia, you have taught this book, their eyes are watching god, all over the country, for the last few decades. beginning in the 1960s and '70s with the emergence of the black studies program. where did your journey begin with this book? >> we have to all, i think, sitting on the stage, have to pay homage to sister alice, who
i have a daughter named zora, i dream about zora, i adopted for a show on pbs. i read all of alice walkers book. everything i could richmond met people who have written about zora. and the people who come to my house, one of the places is -- zora is such a part of my life. and what was the -- was i answering the question? >> you did, and you did it thoroughly. thank you. >> and the first -- i wrote a television show, and also i read --s' so many people who wrote about zora, you...
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. >> major funding for the pbs news hour has been provided by: [applause] >> we were so -- did it after both conventions. we just wanted it to be over. we had spent two weeks by then in a little tiny booth with our dearest closest friends, and we got on the air every night at about 6:00 and would get off every night win it was over, which was 11:00 or so, so it was lot of time -- i won't say what i was going to say -- but things didn't happen because we were trapped in that booth for several hours and we were happy and the conventions were very exhausting but we had a great time. >> seems to long ago. >> did you have a special sense of accomplishment, the two of you, covering that? >> gwen and i have been asked about that. we like to think we were chosen because we have lots of experience between us, a couple of hundred years in -- >> wait a second. >> well, for me. for me. >> yeah, right. >> she's only been at this for a few years. because we have been doing this for a long time, we covered politics, we love covering politics, we were both very excited to be going to the convention, an
. >> major funding for the pbs news hour has been provided by: [applause] >> we were so -- did it after both conventions. we just wanted it to be over. we had spent two weeks by then in a little tiny booth with our dearest closest friends, and we got on the air every night at about 6:00 and would get off every night win it was over, which was 11:00 or so, so it was lot of time -- i won't say what i was going to say -- but things didn't happen because we were trapped in that booth...
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editor of the daily telegraph of lndon n ln , anlt gr iaakrt thfit pbs. billy smith features editor for state and is aarp bulletin. ne bchougeneasme podbc n,caftboanest he. association. alison fitzgerald, freelancer on us, chairwoman of the speakers coitte in skiheeafo stom doo Éepr r 00 s lb resort and to organe today's luncheon david hagerty, first vice president usa. vieiins.y reti p c me werasbe thud ndily outreach. family events rybi iene. anu l [applause] on september 20, 1973, the world wahed as billie jean king based thurt and the one of w'sat arane e v riaistt s t owa btlal playrs. because female professional tennis players inferior. indeed advice, but not in the wa rick. ad t quy ch a ivtihace felad bets a not yet reached women's athletics. in 1972 compared7ys tmn r 0, hshol girls compared with 3.7 million high school gils. nghdhen da ofonentot men iafr y pnor whe.n but what 15,000 minus. king said he would not pay them extra to detmine thafail enth. 87 . n ec fimatomeo ofeqprm. [applause] 17 stepped into the astrodome that day, she had amissio
editor of the daily telegraph of lndon n ln , anlt gr iaakrt thfit pbs. billy smith features editor for state and is aarp bulletin. ne bchougeneasme podbc n,caftboanest he. association. alison fitzgerald, freelancer on us, chairwoman of the speakers coitte in skiheeafo stom doo Éepr r 00 s lb resort and to organe today's luncheon david hagerty, first vice president usa. vieiins.y reti p c me werasbe thud ndily outreach. family events rybi iene. anu l [applause] on september 20, 1973, the world...
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. >> do you know if the head of pbs was at the virginia conference? >> i do not. >> could you get back to me with that information please zm. >> >> in your testimony, you said, he looks forward to continuing to work at the committee to refocus to save money for the american taxpayer. what were they doing before? >> the acting administrator has committed to conducting a thorough top to bottom review of this agency, so that every single aspect of the agency is being looked at right now, so that we can ensure it's carrying on its mission in the most cost effective way. >> you say in you're testimony on page 2 that your office reviews each and every planned future conference to make sure these events and any related travel are justified. and then you say, for example, conferences require a business justification, and a submission of a budget. that wasn't going on before? this is pretty basic. >> there was no central oversight of conferences to require that the proposal for what the conference was about, how it was related back to the agency's mission. tha
. >> do you know if the head of pbs was at the virginia conference? >> i do not. >> could you get back to me with that information please zm. >> >> in your testimony, you said, he looks forward to continuing to work at the committee to refocus to save money for the american taxpayer. what were they doing before? >> the acting administrator has committed to conducting a thorough top to bottom review of this agency, so that every single aspect of the agency is...
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top leadership of each region had little to no authority over the regional activities and spending of pbs and fas. the convoluted configuration makes no sense and does not promote accountability. gsa also appears to have an extremely generous award policy that appears to have little correlation with excellent performance by recipients and let me make clear that i recognize there are some top-notch employees at gsa. i have had some of them detailed to my committee staff and some of them have extraordinary competence and dedication, but we have learned that 50 people involved in planning the las vegas conference received awards totaling $35,500 what was the outstanding performance for which these employees were being rewarded? foremost it was solely their role in planning this calm friends. and employee who left the las vegas conference planning received an award of $16,500 this award was given after gsa leadership was informed of the igs initial findings related to the conference scandal. other executives involved in the conference received similarly generous rewards ranging from $15,800 t
top leadership of each region had little to no authority over the regional activities and spending of pbs and fas. the convoluted configuration makes no sense and does not promote accountability. gsa also appears to have an extremely generous award policy that appears to have little correlation with excellent performance by recipients and let me make clear that i recognize there are some top-notch employees at gsa. i have had some of them detailed to my committee staff and some of them have...
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by feeding america so we didn't want to just go and take your camera us this became a dhaka entry on pbs we want to understand what these people were in during senator is a poverty of affirmation we know there's a poverty imagination and we also know near the end of the text that there are some law is, boulder out right demonic why is told of reading about poverty and poor people in this country. we want to debunk those and finally in this manifesto we lay out our plan and agenda because that is what matters. it doesn't take long in these interviews after a couple questions what is your plan, what is your solution? we've got one. at the end of the book there are 12 ideas we could have to be wrestled with sooner than right now and quicker at once if we want to be serious about reducing an erratic and in poverty in this country it can happen. this is not a steal problem this is a will problem. do we have the will to make poverty other countries have reduced poverty significantly because they came together with a national plan to make the reduction of poverty in their societies a priority w
by feeding america so we didn't want to just go and take your camera us this became a dhaka entry on pbs we want to understand what these people were in during senator is a poverty of affirmation we know there's a poverty imagination and we also know near the end of the text that there are some law is, boulder out right demonic why is told of reading about poverty and poor people in this country. we want to debunk those and finally in this manifesto we lay out our plan and agenda because that...
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dream about zora, adopted some of her work for television show that i did that great performances on pbs. i read all of the books and alice walker's book. everything that i could read. i met people who had written about zora. and the people who come to my house, they come to the zora room. [laughter] zora is such a part of my life. am i answering the question? [laughter] [applause] >> yes, and you did it thoroughly. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> zora, zora, i wrote a television show, and also to many people wrote about zora, you know, there is such a connection that she has with so many people. but thanks to alice's discovery, -- there so many people in literature who know zora and they know she is a seminal that she is like the bible to us. >> that, she is two she is a real lady. >> to bring her to the world, that has been sonia sanchez. >> sonya, you have taught this book, "their eyes were watching god" all over the country for the last few decades beginning in the 1960s and 70s with the emergence of the black studies program. where did your journey began with this book? >> all o
dream about zora, adopted some of her work for television show that i did that great performances on pbs. i read all of the books and alice walker's book. everything that i could read. i met people who had written about zora. and the people who come to my house, they come to the zora room. [laughter] zora is such a part of my life. am i answering the question? [laughter] [applause] >> yes, and you did it thoroughly. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> zora, zora, i wrote a...
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i adapted some of her work for a television show with performances on pbs. i have read all of alice walker's books. everything i could read. i ever written about people who have written about zora and the people who come to my house, one of the places they stay is in the zora room. that is why zora is such a part of my life and was i answering the question? [laughter] >> you did it thoroughly, thank you. [applause] >> zora, zora and i wrote a television show and also so many people who wrote about zora, professors and there is such a connection between so many people thanks thanks to alice's story that so many people in literature no zora. she is a summon all. she is like the bible. she is a rube lady. >> bring her to the world has been sonia sanchez. sonia, you have talked about this book "their eyes were watching god," all over the country but for the last few decades beginning in the 1960's and seventies with the emergence of the black studies program. where did your journey began with this book? >> we have to all sitting on the stage pay homage to sister
i adapted some of her work for a television show with performances on pbs. i have read all of alice walker's books. everything i could read. i ever written about people who have written about zora and the people who come to my house, one of the places they stay is in the zora room. that is why zora is such a part of my life and was i answering the question? [laughter] >> you did it thoroughly, thank you. [applause] >> zora, zora and i wrote a television show and also so many people...
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. >> i'm going to stop the subsidy of pbs. [applause] >> the advertisement is trying to do two things. i guess there is this million puppet march tomorrow. the issue is not over yet, apparently. what the mitt romney campaign did was to respond and say that it is ridiculing the obama campaign. but all they want to do is talk about big bird. so you get attack ads and then ads that are attacking the other candidates. ending with the level that we are at right now. this is the romney commercial. >> let me tell you what you don't deserve great a bunch of name calling. we have this condition, romney shot. you won't get that from my campaign. thank goodness somebody is cracking down on big bird. >> if you don't have a record to run on, you make a big election about the whole thing. >> obama is acting like a guy who is behind this. >> at times sounding almost dismissive. >> this is all that the obama people have. >> elmo has to watch out. >> every single question. he had to attack his rival. >> attacking me is his agenda. ♪ ♪ >> t
. >> i'm going to stop the subsidy of pbs. [applause] >> the advertisement is trying to do two things. i guess there is this million puppet march tomorrow. the issue is not over yet, apparently. what the mitt romney campaign did was to respond and say that it is ridiculing the obama campaign. but all they want to do is talk about big bird. so you get attack ads and then ads that are attacking the other candidates. ending with the level that we are at right now. this is the romney...
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doesn't come from nih grants or education, doesn't come from transportation, and it doesn't come from pbs or big bird and sesame street. but what we face is a major debt that we have to figure out how to pay. and i'm part of a bipartisan group, democrats democrats and republicans, had have come up with a simpson-bowles legislation, that says for businesses and families and in the nation you have to have revenue and expense. so you need to have revenue and manage expenses in this particular instance, so that we can in a businesslike way, over a ten-year period, reduce the nation's debt, and so i believe, and i hope that after this election, there will be in the lame duck period a bipartisan group, both in the senate and the house, that will get together and come up with something like simpson-bowles, which doesn't take us off a fiscal cliff on january 1st january 1st but provides us with a bipartisan ten-year business plan that reduces the nation's deficit by $4 trillion. >> i think that group you're referring to that you're part of now is 38 people. it would have to grow. >> yeah. we're c
doesn't come from nih grants or education, doesn't come from transportation, and it doesn't come from pbs or big bird and sesame street. but what we face is a major debt that we have to figure out how to pay. and i'm part of a bipartisan group, democrats democrats and republicans, had have come up with a simpson-bowles legislation, that says for businesses and families and in the nation you have to have revenue and expense. so you need to have revenue and manage expenses in this particular...
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consequencely, the top leader in each region had little to no authority in the regional spending of pbs and fas. the configuration makes no sense and does not promote accountability. gsa also appears to have an extremely generous award policy that appears to have little correlation with excellent performance by recipients, and let me make clear that i recognize there are some topnotch employees at gsa. i had some of them detailed to my committee staff, and some of them have extraordinary competence and dedication, but we learn that 50 people involved in planning the las vegas conference received awards totaling $35,5 # 00, and what was the outstanding performance for which these employees were being rewarded? for most, it was solely the role in planning this conference. an employee who led the las vegas conference planning received an award of $16,500, and this award was given after gsa leadership was informed of the ig's initial findings related to the conference scandal. other executives involved in the conference received similarlygea total of $640,000. this was not just related to o
consequencely, the top leader in each region had little to no authority in the regional spending of pbs and fas. the configuration makes no sense and does not promote accountability. gsa also appears to have an extremely generous award policy that appears to have little correlation with excellent performance by recipients, and let me make clear that i recognize there are some topnotch employees at gsa. i had some of them detailed to my committee staff, and some of them have extraordinary...
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by feeding america so we didn't want to just go and take your camera us this became a dhaka entry on pbs we want to understand what these people were in during senator is a poverty of affirmation we know there's a poverty imagination and we also know near the end of the text that there are some law is, boulder out right demonic why is told of reading about poverty and poor people in this country. we want to debunk those and finally in this manifesto we lay out our plan and agenda because that is what matters. it doesn't take long in these interviews after a couple questions what is your plan, what is your solution? we've got one. at the end of the book there are 12 ideas we could have to be wrestled with sooner than right now and quicker at once if we want to be serious about reducing an erratic and in poverty in this country it can happen. this is not a steal problem this is a will problem. do we have the will to make poverty other countries have reduced poverty significantly because they came together with a national plan to make the reduction of poverty in their societies a priority w
by feeding america so we didn't want to just go and take your camera us this became a dhaka entry on pbs we want to understand what these people were in during senator is a poverty of affirmation we know there's a poverty imagination and we also know near the end of the text that there are some law is, boulder out right demonic why is told of reading about poverty and poor people in this country. we want to debunk those and finally in this manifesto we lay out our plan and agenda because that...
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i think pbs is something else we can look at cutting. when you continue to borrow -- >> moderator: congressman mack? to the minute 15 rule, and we thank you for doing so. senator nelson, minute, 15. nelson: well, you see right off the bat i have to explain that what he said about the budget is not true. not only did we pass a budget, we passed it in law last year. this wasn't a budget resolution that doesn't have the force of law, this was an actual act signed into law by the president, and as a matter of fact, it set the course of categories of spending for two years, not for one year. when you look at spending cuts, you know, there's something known as tax expenditures. it's called tax loopholes. that's basically loopholes that go out to special interest. if we're going to reform the tax code, we can go in and start taking out a lot of 'em. give you an example. how about $40 billion to come out of the oil industry? how about another -- here's a good one, $11.5 billion to come from not letting bp deduct their particular clean-up expense
i think pbs is something else we can look at cutting. when you continue to borrow -- >> moderator: congressman mack? to the minute 15 rule, and we thank you for doing so. senator nelson, minute, 15. nelson: well, you see right off the bat i have to explain that what he said about the budget is not true. not only did we pass a budget, we passed it in law last year. this wasn't a budget resolution that doesn't have the force of law, this was an actual act signed into law by the president,...
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for children's dental services in minneapolis and some of you may have seen her featured in a recent pbs documentary on oral health. we are so grateful to have you here to tell us about your experience. >> thank you so much for having me here and allowing me to share the minnesota story and what we are doing. we have a real-life demonstration project going on right here. i was going to cover a few topics rather briefly and i'm going to talk a little bit about the therapy and talk better testing and training. tell you about where i work in the things that we do there in the demographics that have served. and then a little bit about the financial model that we are starting to see develop. i am also as is noted, a licensed dental hygienist and a licensed dental therapist. that dual licensure really serves me well for this community. and then talk a little bit about what is going on in the future and what we are looking up in minnesota. talk a little bit about what a dental therapist says. the best comparison is like a nurse practitioner in medicine and dentistry. i can do just about any kin
for children's dental services in minneapolis and some of you may have seen her featured in a recent pbs documentary on oral health. we are so grateful to have you here to tell us about your experience. >> thank you so much for having me here and allowing me to share the minnesota story and what we are doing. we have a real-life demonstration project going on right here. i was going to cover a few topics rather briefly and i'm going to talk a little bit about the therapy and talk better...
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. >> major funding for the pbs "newshour" has been provided by: [applause] >> yeah. we were so -- >> we did it after both conventions. >> yes. we just wanted it to be over. we had spent two weeks by then in a little, tiny booth with our dearest, closest friends. [laughter] and we got on the air every night about 6, and we'd get off every night when it was over, which was 11:00 or so, and so it was a lot of time. we're on c-span, i can't say what i was going to say, but things didn't happen because we were trapped in that booth for several hours. and we were happy, and the conventions were very exhausting, but we had a great time. >> they seem so long ago, don't they? >> isn't it amazing? did you have a special sense of accomplishment, the two of you covering them? >> you mean because of the two women? >> gwen and i have been asked about that. we really didn't think about it that way. we like to think we were chosen, and i believe we were chosen because we both have lots of experience, between us, what is it, a couple of hundred years? [laughter] >> wait a second! >>
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pwr-pb mr. president, i ask unanimous consent -- mr. brown: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be made and laid on the table, any statements related to the resolution appear at this point in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: i understand that s. 3369 introduced earlier today by senator whitehouse is at the desk. i ask for its first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. the clerk: s. 3369, a bill to amend the federal election campaign act of 1971, and so forth and for other purposes. mr. brown: i ask for its second reading and object to my own request. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bill will receive its second reading on the next legislative day. mr. brown: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that s. 3240, the agriculture, reform food and jobs act of 2012, be printed as posted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when t
pwr-pb mr. president, i ask unanimous consent -- mr. brown: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be made and laid on the table, any statements related to the resolution appear at this point in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: i understand that s. 3369 introduced earlier today by senator whitehouse is at the desk. i ask for its first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for...
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tonight on pbs they are having a special called the question of dhaka. it's on frontline, yet the question is where was god on september 11th. i would like to get your thoughts about faith and god and everything and i would also like to invite you to go to the website. it's godislove.org. there is a book that i rode. it's called divine intervention and actually i claimed i co-wrote this book, but if you have any thoughts about where was god on my 9/11. >> guest: i believe he was with the victims and all of us on 9/11. that doesn't mean that he understands why she allowed to happen anymore than we understand why he allowed the holocaust happened. but through tragedy, through incredible evil that can still work good. that is my personal belief. i appreciate your book and maybe you'll get some buyers. >> host: the next call in dependent washington, d.c.. go ahead, michael. >> caller: i am calling it's very important that we have intelligence agencies in place. what is dangerous today is we are having politicians carry dangerous -- >> host: what is your exam
tonight on pbs they are having a special called the question of dhaka. it's on frontline, yet the question is where was god on september 11th. i would like to get your thoughts about faith and god and everything and i would also like to invite you to go to the website. it's godislove.org. there is a book that i rode. it's called divine intervention and actually i claimed i co-wrote this book, but if you have any thoughts about where was god on my 9/11. >> guest: i believe he was with the...
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the debate courtesy of wyoming pbs. it's about an hour. >> moderator: first candidate is going to be a joe otto. give me a moment. there's a complication. he's lives -- open the family ranch. he worked as a design engineer and was active in the republican and libertarian parties before joining the country party. our democratic party candidate tim chest nut he is worked extension lively as a professional photographer and as a staff member of our regional services which provides assistance to go only disabled. and the republican party candidate is senator john. he's a physician and a former president of the wyoming medical society. he was opponented to the u.s. senate in 2011, and re-elected to that post in 2008. he is a member of several senate committing including the energy and natural resources committee. welcome to all of you. well, our first question to all candidates why are you running, and what are your qualificationings to serve as a u.s. senator from wyoming in you have one minute to respond to the question. i'
the debate courtesy of wyoming pbs. it's about an hour. >> moderator: first candidate is going to be a joe otto. give me a moment. there's a complication. he's lives -- open the family ranch. he worked as a design engineer and was active in the republican and libertarian parties before joining the country party. our democratic party candidate tim chest nut he is worked extension lively as a professional photographer and as a staff member of our regional services which provides assistance...
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our television broadcast partner is wbic-pbs idea stream, television broadcasts of the city club are made possible by cleveland state university and pnc. our live can becast is supported by the university of akron, closed captioning is made possible by nordstrom corporation. next friday, december 7, the city club welcomes aaron david miller, vice president of new initiatives and distinguished scholar at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars. friday, december 14th. the city club will host an roman, president and ceo of the national association to end homelessness. please visit our web site, ski club.org, for information about our upcoming forum or to listen to a podcast of any of our past programs. we'll like to welcome guests from human in humana care, and mutual. thank you for your support. we would like to welcome to today's programs students who are joining us from area high school. student participation is made possible by a generous gift from the chars sparr trust. will the students please stand and be recognize it. [applause] >> now we would like to return to our
our television broadcast partner is wbic-pbs idea stream, television broadcasts of the city club are made possible by cleveland state university and pnc. our live can becast is supported by the university of akron, closed captioning is made possible by nordstrom corporation. next friday, december 7, the city club welcomes aaron david miller, vice president of new initiatives and distinguished scholar at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars. friday, december 14th. the city club...
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trent three, i adapted some of the work for a television show that i did for great performances on pbs. so everything i could read. i've written about zora. and people who come to my house, when it's place in space date is in the trent green room. so trent are you such a part of my life. so was i answering the question? [laughter] >> and he did it early. >> and i wrote a television show and not know so many people who wrote about zora, professors and such a connection she has had so many people next to alice's discovery. for so many people in literature no zora and she is a seminole. she is like the bible to us. she's root lady. bring her to the world -- >> sonia sanchez, you have taught -- [laughter] sonia, you have taught this book, "their eyes were watching god" all over the country for the last few decades, beginning in the 1960s and 70s with the emergence of the black studies program. where did your journey began with this book? >> we have to well i think sitting on the stage have to pay homage to sister alice, who did something for another black woman writer that we all need to u
trent three, i adapted some of the work for a television show that i did for great performances on pbs. so everything i could read. i've written about zora. and people who come to my house, when it's place in space date is in the trent green room. so trent are you such a part of my life. so was i answering the question? [laughter] >> and he did it early. >> and i wrote a television show and not know so many people who wrote about zora, professors and such a connection she has had so...
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issues, trends and values of importance to montana and by viewers like you who are friends of montana pbs. thank you. >> moderator: good evening and welcome to our coverage on debate night gave us like to welcome viewers across the country on c-span, those online at montana public media clusters in the austin public public radio. and just it, i'll menace both get you you two are missoula studio. republican rick hill and democrat steve bullock based on independent polling, the libertarian candidate did not reach 5% and is not included. again tonight we went postdebate analysis, including a research team from university of montana school of journalism checking information for us throughout the debate. also with sr analyst and back once again its republic and, former montana secretary of state, new poll out today from msu buildings. steve bullock 38% and amazingly, 20% undecided and nice. what do you think needs to happen tonight is that undecided number? >> well, to begin with, i think there was another poll taken a week or so before this one was. abusively understand what the timeline was.
issues, trends and values of importance to montana and by viewers like you who are friends of montana pbs. thank you. >> moderator: good evening and welcome to our coverage on debate night gave us like to welcome viewers across the country on c-span, those online at montana public media clusters in the austin public public radio. and just it, i'll menace both get you you two are missoula studio. republican rick hill and democrat steve bullock based on independent polling, the libertarian...
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he would cover the vienna philharmonic for pbs, and he would host the kennedy center gala that pbs would carry. he has a great affinity for public broadcasting. yes. >> to what extent was mr. cronkite's -- were mr. cronkite's political beliefs shaped by his experiences growing up with a family of the midwestern or transported to the harsh jim-crow conditions of houston texas during the 1920's and 30's. >> again, an excellent question. cronkite's family was in kansas city, and they just did not experience jim-crow institutionalize prejudice and misery, although it existed. they were very urban. and that was where jazz was taking place and all that. vine street and casey. they moved down to houston in 1927, and they were shocked by the caste system, the jim-crow laws. in fact, his father who was a dental surgeon working at texas dental college was aghast that the head of the texas dental school had these deeply bigoted prejudiced use. cronkite had zero tolerance for bigotry his whole life, and it was one of the things that attracted him and allowed cbs, i believe, to cover civil rights in
he would cover the vienna philharmonic for pbs, and he would host the kennedy center gala that pbs would carry. he has a great affinity for public broadcasting. yes. >> to what extent was mr. cronkite's -- were mr. cronkite's political beliefs shaped by his experiences growing up with a family of the midwestern or transported to the harsh jim-crow conditions of houston texas during the 1920's and 30's. >> again, an excellent question. cronkite's family was in kansas city, and they...
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at united enterprise institute for public policy research, norman ornstein is election analyst for pbs and he has written for every publication on the face of the earth. they have both often been on the news hour and nightline with charlie rose. it is pure -- another heartland, from the university of minnesota and ph.d. from the university of michigan which is where you met. i just have to say one of the reasons i think that tom and norm got so much attention is because they have been spending their entire lives being so moderate and reasonable that when they get mad, they're really must be something wrong. why don't i go to thomas mann and norman ornstein first and then i will introduce susan and mickey edwards. a great honor to your colleague. >> thank you so much. susan and mickey, really appreciate your coming and all of view for participating. in this event. normal and i have been friends and colleagues and collaborators for 40 years. i know it shows on me but doesn't show on him but people often ask me when we collaborate, what is the division of labor? finally i got a book cover
at united enterprise institute for public policy research, norman ornstein is election analyst for pbs and he has written for every publication on the face of the earth. they have both often been on the news hour and nightline with charlie rose. it is pure -- another heartland, from the university of minnesota and ph.d. from the university of michigan which is where you met. i just have to say one of the reasons i think that tom and norm got so much attention is because they have been spending...
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i would support pbs and wmpm. >> moderator: drew believe investment income should be taxed as a lower rate than wages? steve woods, wood: yes, i do. king: no. dodge: yes. dill: i think long-term investment should be the same but short-term in. vein do dalton: interest loopholes should be closed. >> moderator: would you support a bill allowing student loan debt to be factored into bankruptcy filings? dalton: absolutely. banks are too big to fail. students are too big to fail. dill: yes, i would. dodge: yes. king: yes. summer: no. wood: yes, i would. >> moderator: this is from susan pope. a long question but i shortened to. i. i will you publicly commit to not eliminating obamacare unless and until both the house and senate have a replacement healthcare plan? steve woods. wood: yes. i refer to it as the affordable care act, not obamacare. i think it's a critical first step and support and it wouldn't do anything to overturn. i. >> i think obamacare should be repealed. >> moderator: the question is, would you do so without having a replacement plan in place? >> that's a very long answer.
i would support pbs and wmpm. >> moderator: drew believe investment income should be taxed as a lower rate than wages? steve woods, wood: yes, i do. king: no. dodge: yes. dill: i think long-term investment should be the same but short-term in. vein do dalton: interest loopholes should be closed. >> moderator: would you support a bill allowing student loan debt to be factored into bankruptcy filings? dalton: absolutely. banks are too big to fail. students are too big to fail. dill:...
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trent three, i adapted some of the work for a television show that i did for great performances on pbs. so everything i could read. i've written about zora. and people who come to my house, when it's place in space date is in the trent green room. so trent are you such a part of my life. so was i answering the question? [laughter] >> and he did it early. >> and i wrote a television show and not know so many people who wrote about zora, professors and such a connection she has had so many people next to alice's discovery. for so many people in literature no zora and she is a seminole. she is like the bible to us. she's root lady. bring her to the world -- >> sonia sanchez, you have taught -- [laughter] sonia, you have taught this book, "their eyes were watching god" all over the country for the last few decades, beginning in the 1960s and 70s with the emergence of the black studies program. where did your journey began with this book? >> we have to well i think sitting on the stage have to pay homage to sister alice, who did something for another black woman writer that we all need to u
trent three, i adapted some of the work for a television show that i did for great performances on pbs. so everything i could read. i've written about zora. and people who come to my house, when it's place in space date is in the trent green room. so trent are you such a part of my life. so was i answering the question? [laughter] >> and he did it early. >> and i wrote a television show and not know so many people who wrote about zora, professors and such a connection she has had so...
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i have to see items such as pbs. i have to look at the bigger items right now, and the beinger items, my most concern is the increase in spending in every one of our departments. right now i'm concerned about students who keep having their tuitions increased and part of that is because the universities have not controlled the cost of increasing costs that at our universities. they have been going up 7-9% when ennation is less than 3%. we have to control the increase the cost of government spending because it's going to bankrupt our state. we owe $2.8 billion for unemployment insurance. we're in a bind. >> moderator: mr. mccrory your time is up. mr. dalton. dalton: i would certainly keep public tv viable. i can't tell you specifically what you cut or don't cut until you see the whole picture. i think unctv does a great service both in education and public information. tom howell and his staff do a wonderful job. i come in most years, and i don't remember all the call letters but i know the last ones are 9090. send in
i have to see items such as pbs. i have to look at the bigger items right now, and the beinger items, my most concern is the increase in spending in every one of our departments. right now i'm concerned about students who keep having their tuitions increased and part of that is because the universities have not controlled the cost of increasing costs that at our universities. they have been going up 7-9% when ennation is less than 3%. we have to control the increase the cost of government...
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judy woodruff is senior correspondent for us "pbs newshour" and a senior correspondent at nbc and cnn and covered me in the white house when i was there a few years ago. mike allen is the chief political correspondent and white house correspondent for "politico" and previously was a white house correspondent for "the washington post" and of course is the editor and writer of playbook which is a daily bible of what goes on in politics and then chris wallace who is the anchor of "fox news" sunday. he has been covering political campaigns since 1980 and it's been a senior correspondent white house correspondent at nbc and abc and between them i have a guest dozens and dozens of years of political expertise. so let us start. i didn't want to make anybody seemed too old, but before the debate, before the debate between romney and obama did any of you honestly think that romney had a chance of winning this election and now do you think there's any chance that obama could lose this election? why don't we start with charlie? >> clearly president obama was ahead by -- but romney's numbers were
judy woodruff is senior correspondent for us "pbs newshour" and a senior correspondent at nbc and cnn and covered me in the white house when i was there a few years ago. mike allen is the chief political correspondent and white house correspondent for "politico" and previously was a white house correspondent for "the washington post" and of course is the editor and writer of playbook which is a daily bible of what goes on in politics and then chris wallace who is...
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. >> tonight on c-span pbs' tavis smiley leads a discussion on poverty in america and its effects on women and children. >> tavis, a number that, in the fact sheet i shared with folks. in 1990 the average member of congress had a net worth of $250,000 excluding their home. by 2010 the average member of congress had a net worth of $750,000, excluding their home. so what happened to congress that they could triple their wealth in just a 20-year period? meanwhile, for the rest of us the average person has income excluding their home of about $20,000 both in 1990 and in 2010. so everybody else stayed level, but these members of congress found a way to enrich themselves. i'm not hating on members of congress. i'm not hating on wealth. but here's what i'm saying: people who have that kind of wealth don't understand somebody who needs an extra $40 in their biweekly check -- [applause] >> you can watch the whole event tonight starting at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the u.s. census bureau recently released its 1940 records on their web site. it's the single largest collection of digital info
. >> tonight on c-span pbs' tavis smiley leads a discussion on poverty in america and its effects on women and children. >> tavis, a number that, in the fact sheet i shared with folks. in 1990 the average member of congress had a net worth of $250,000 excluding their home. by 2010 the average member of congress had a net worth of $750,000, excluding their home. so what happened to congress that they could triple their wealth in just a 20-year period? meanwhile, for the rest of us...
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listen, when i was living in south jersey, i guess it was a pbs program that talked about the roosevelt city which was a commune that was set up by fdr? >> guest: i don't think they were communes, i know there were kind of model cities or communities in maryland, suburban maryland? >> caller: we had one in south jersey. and they recruited people from new york. they were going to make shoes and some other things there. but it didn't work out. for obvious reasons. i was wondering, i guess people had to be recruited into the administration to set these things up, and i was wondering what happened to them after, after roosevelt was out? >> guest: well, i mean, roosevelt used to say if one thing fails, try another. which is if you're an admirer, he's flexible. and if you're not an admirer, he's just sort of flailing around. so you had a number of things which were tried during the depression. i don't know about these, this sounds like fairly low-level thing. nothing on the scale of the civilian conservation corps. but millions of people went into administering these things, and they'd come a
listen, when i was living in south jersey, i guess it was a pbs program that talked about the roosevelt city which was a commune that was set up by fdr? >> guest: i don't think they were communes, i know there were kind of model cities or communities in maryland, suburban maryland? >> caller: we had one in south jersey. and they recruited people from new york. they were going to make shoes and some other things there. but it didn't work out. for obvious reasons. i was wondering, i...
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listen, when i was living in south jersey, i guess it was a pbs program that talked about the roosevelt city which was a commune that was set up by fdr? >> guest: i don't think they were communes, i know there were kind of model cities or communities in maryland, suburban maryland? >> caller: we had one in south jersey. and they recruited people from new york. they were going to make shoes and some other things there. but it didn't work out. for obvious reasons. i was wondering, i guess people had to be recruited into the administration to set these things up, and i was wondering what happened to them after, after roosevelt was out? >> guest: well, i mean, roosevelt used to say if one thing fails, try another. which is if you're an admirer, he's flexible. and if you're not an admirer, he's just sort of flailing around. so you had a number of things which were tried during the depression. i don't know about these, this sounds like fairly low-level thing. nothing on the scale of the civilian conservation corps. but millions of people went into administering these things, and they'd come a
listen, when i was living in south jersey, i guess it was a pbs program that talked about the roosevelt city which was a commune that was set up by fdr? >> guest: i don't think they were communes, i know there were kind of model cities or communities in maryland, suburban maryland? >> caller: we had one in south jersey. and they recruited people from new york. they were going to make shoes and some other things there. but it didn't work out. for obvious reasons. i was wondering, i...
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i'm judy woodruff of pbs "newshour" and top line. my colleagues on the panel are john of the "chicago tribune," tom brokhaw of nbc news, and rick of abc news. the importance of the debate tonight is undercored by two facts. both george bush and michael said their selection of a running mate would reveal a lot about themselves. based on the history since world war or 2 this is almost a 50/50 chance. candidates are dan quayle, the republican nominee and senator lloyd benson, the democrat. [cheering and applause] [applause] [applause] >> moderator: for the next finty minutes we'll be questioning the candidates following a format designed and agreed to by represent of the two campaigns. however, there are no restrictions on the questions that my colleagues and i may ask this evening. by prior agreement, between the two candidates, the first question goes to senator quayle. and you have two minutes to respond. senator, you have been criticized as we know for your decision to stay out of the vietnam war, your poor academic record. more tro
i'm judy woodruff of pbs "newshour" and top line. my colleagues on the panel are john of the "chicago tribune," tom brokhaw of nbc news, and rick of abc news. the importance of the debate tonight is undercored by two facts. both george bush and michael said their selection of a running mate would reveal a lot about themselves. based on the history since world war or 2 this is almost a 50/50 chance. candidates are dan quayle, the republican nominee and senator lloyd benson,...
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as ken burns said later, when he did his pbs series on the war, you gave them permission to talk. every day i go two or three times a week in an airport or on a college campus or in some civic gathering or walking down the street, either a baby boomer will come up with tears in or her especially her eyes. i didn't understand my dad until i read your book. or, somebody will come up and say, i kind of written my life story about my days in the war. you know, how do i get it published because i didn't do that before you wrote that book? what i say to them is, that you know, published it for your family. go to kinkos get it bound and distributed and then a lot of people will come and say i can't get my dad to tell the stories to me. get your grandson to go sit with your father with a tape recorder, record all memoirs and distribute it to the family. so, i suppose, pride is not the right word but just so satisfying and gratifying to know that i've had some small role in connecting these generations to remember, the great, great work done by so many members of that generation, the sacri
as ken burns said later, when he did his pbs series on the war, you gave them permission to talk. every day i go two or three times a week in an airport or on a college campus or in some civic gathering or walking down the street, either a baby boomer will come up with tears in or her especially her eyes. i didn't understand my dad until i read your book. or, somebody will come up and say, i kind of written my life story about my days in the war. you know, how do i get it published because i...